Hey it worked!! autocomplete: account passwords not saved

From: rcfarago@bigpond.com
Date: 12/12/02 

From: <rcfarago@bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 04:32:15 -0800

Thank you very much

it worked
I was ready to just reformat and reinstall --drastic I
know

Should I delete the changed entry ie now beginning with
T --it has 2 sub directories

>-----Original Message-----
>As the KB article suggests, copying your stuff over the
to new profile is
>probably the most reliable way to recover, but I can
give you one more thing
>to try out first.
>
>There's a possibility that the protectedstorage database
has been corrupted
>somehow, in which case no more data can be stored to it.
I don't know of any
>way to recover from this except be creating a new
database. You can do this
>by using the registry editor (regedit.exe).
>
>If you look at
the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected
Storage
>System Provider" registry key, you should see an entry
under it that
>consists of your user SID. It begins with "S-1-5-". If
you rename this entry
>(change the "S" to "T" or something), and then log off
and log back on, a
>new database will be created, and things might work okay
from that point on.
>Cross your fingers, and let us know if this works or
not...
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>John Banes
>[Microsoft Security Developer]
>
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><rcfarago@bigpond.com> wrote in message
>news:079e01c2a03c$59f11950$d4f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA11...
>> John:
>>
>> The KB mentioned is entitled
>> AutoComplete Does Not Save Username and Password
>> Last Reviewed: 9/24/2002
>> Keywords: kbprb ocsso KB306895
>>
>> Thank you for looking at this
>> Ps I have tried again recreating another profile and
can
>> copy over the properties and the autocomplte works on
>> this new profile.
>> Can I get the original one to autocomplete so I do not
>> have to copy everything over??? ..as I am not sure of
how
>> to do this and get all the documents and outlook
profiles
>> and messages etc that are in the original
administrator's
>> area
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hmmm. Can you point me at the KB that you've already
>> tried? Maybe I can
>> >think of something else...
>> >
>> >--
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >John Banes
>> >[Microsoft Security Developer]
>> >
>> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
>> confers no rights.
>> >Please do not send email directly to this alias. This
>> alias is for newsgroup
>> >purposes only.
>> >"rcfarago" <rcfarago@telstra.com> wrote in message
>> >news:03d601c29e96$1a02f680$d3f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA10...
>> >> can someone help with this?
>> >> As Administrator and with autocomplete on no
passwords
>> >> are saved in IE or accounts in Outlook
>> >> If I create another user then the passwords are
stored
>> >>
>> >> There is an article in the KB that describes how to
fix
>> >> this with windows 2000 but this does not work with
>> XP!!!
>> >>
>> >> I am able to create a second administrator account
but
>> >> cannot copy the profile fromthe first to the new
>> one ...
>> >> I have tried this via My Computer -Properties
>> Advenced -
>> >> Users and the "copy" option is shadowed.
>> >>
>> >> Any suggestions?
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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